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Well, according to the BLM website all BLM lands are CLOSED to the public and outfitters with permits cannot operate! Looks like I'm screwed for Elk hunting next week (I hunt BLM) Unless those worthless S.O.B.'s in Washington do something very soon. I have my Grandson coming out for his first Elk hunt this year....Obama & Biden and the Democrats and the Republicans are all to blame.

I dont see how they can close anything thats not behind a gate that would normally have someone at it or how they could possibly enforce it elsewhere. I doubt most people hunting BLM of forest service land have even thought it could be affected by the shutdown and some probably dont even know the gov is shut down. Alot of hunters were probably already camped on BLM ready for antelope to open on 10/1 and wont even hear about the shutdown untill after their hunt. Im sure no one that paid for a tag planning to hunt public land will be offered a refund. If no one is allowed to hunt on BLM it would kill 3/4 of all antelope hunting in WY this year since most seasons open 10/1 and antelope are hunted on BLM more then anything else.

As long as it is not controlled access like needing a permit or having to pay someone , you are fine. They have closed some lakes and boat ramps. One is Blue Mesa here in Colo. It has a new name Currecanti National something or other. Seriously, people can't fish?? I am wondering if we even need a government?

My special draw elk tag cost over a grand of hard earned money. I'm planning to either hunt or ask for a refund. Since the refund is extremely unlikely I figure I'll hunt. Might have to be a little more picky about what I shoot, the pack-out will be real rough if they close everything but the highway. I'd hope state employed game wardens would cut a guy some slack if he had the proper tag and was hunting the proper unit in the proper season no matter what the situation in DC is. Western states that rely on hunting as a large part of their economy will really be hit hard if they shut down hunting.

I did read it, and thanks. I also called Wyoming G&F main office in Cheyenne. I talked to a warden and he told me that BLM officials in Wyoming were NOT enforcing the closure mandate, except for campgrounds and other BLM improved/developed sites. However, then I got the "Don't quote me" statement. After reading that BLM page IP2506, I'm not going to fret about it anymore. I'm just going hunting on BLM (It is OUR land after all)!

I just returned from a trip into the NF and BLM lands near here. Only a couple of things were closed. A couple of blm/bur rec campgrounds that have full hookups were closed. All other roads and access were open. Can't see then putting barricades up and stopping entry. Roads that are to campgrounds and other DEVELOPED sites ....yes. If I had a tag to hunt, I'd go....period. I looked at the website and it pretty much says the same.

Colorado Cowboy
Cowboy Action Shooter; Endowment Life Member-NRA
The Original Rocket Scientist-Retired
"My Father always considered a walk in the mountains as the equivalent of church going."
Aldous Huxley

Our country is so screwed up it's not even funny. I consider the BLM and other public ground ours and not the governments. I get tired of them screwing our lives up worse every year and we just take it. We let a few big cities make the decision who is going to run our country every 4 years, and who do you think all of these people on the welfare system are going to vote for. Not someone who will do anything about it, and now we have to pay for them to have cell phones to!!! In the last election I believe it took about 55 million votes to win and there are now like 41 million on welfare, so the future doesn't look to bright to me.